A house situated on Jacaranda Avenue in Mountview, KZN was extensively damaged after it caught alight.
Members of Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) arrived at the scene and found the public attempting to extinguish the fire with garden hoses.
Reaction Officers were informed that a 45-year-old man lived alone in the house. Due to the power cuts, he had lit a candle only to fall asleep without extinguishing it. The candle is believed to have fallen over when the fire started. The contents of his home were destroyed in the blaze.
No injuries were reported.
House on fire in Mountview https://t.co/JIf1Au0hWI #ArriveAlive #HouseFire #ReactionUnitSouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/MNf9r1IZ5b
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